About the Authors

Alison M. Day

Contributed equally to this work with: Alison M. Day, Deborah A. Smith

Affiliation Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Deborah A. Smith

Contributed equally to this work with: Alison M. Day, Deborah A. Smith

Affiliation Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Mélanie A. C. Ikeh

Affiliation Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Mohammed Haider

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Carmen M. Herrero-de-Dios

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Alistair J. P. Brown

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Brian A. Morgan

Affiliation Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Lars P. Erwig

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Donna M. MacCallum

Affiliation Aberdeen Fungal Group, Institute of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, United Kingdom

Janet Quinn

janet.quinn@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMD DAS MACI DMM JQ. Performed the experiments: AMD DAS MACI MH CMHdD DMM JQ. Analyzed the data: AMD MACI AJPB BAM LPE DMM JQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LPE. Wrote the paper: AMD AJPB BAM LPE DMM JQ.